Adib Masud Hassan Rizavi (1893–1975) was an Indian author and a scholar of Urdu literature. Born in 1893 in

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in the

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, he did his early college studies at the Canning College, Lucknow after which he secured a master's degree in

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from

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. He started his career as a junior lecturer at the Lucknow University in 1927 and rose to become the head of the department of Urdu and Persian in 1930 from where he retired in 1954. Rizavi published his first book, ''Imtihan-i-Wafa'' in 1918 which was a translation of an

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work. ''Hamari Shayari'', ''Lucknow ka Shahi Stage'', ''Lucknow ka Awami Stage'', ''Urdu Zaban aur Uska Rasm-i-kat'', ''Mutafarriqat-e-Ghalib'', ''Anisyat'', ''Wajid Ali Shah'', ''Madras-e-Rekhta'' and ''Azeezi Lucknowi'' are some of his other notable publications, the last four books getting released after his death in 1975. His life and works have been documented in a book, ''Saiyyid Masud Hasan Rizavi adīb: hiyāt aur adabi khidmāt'', written by Vasim Ārā and published in 1990. Rizavi, whose son,

Naiyer Masud Naiyer Masud (1936 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian Urdu scholar and short story writer. Early life and education Masud was born in Lucknow and spent nearly all his life there, working until his retirement as a Professor of Persian at Lucknow Un ...

, is also a known short story writer, was honoured by the

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in 1970 with

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.

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* Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu 20th-century Indian translators Scholars from Lucknow Iranian scholars Urdu-language writers University of Lucknow alumni University of Lucknow faculty 1893 births 1975 deaths {{India-academic-bio-stub

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